# Ilya Muromets Waterfall Rakkibetsu Waterfall

- **Type:** Horsetail ribbon
- **Height:** 459 ft
- **Location:** Iturup Island (Kuril Islands)
- **World Rank:** ≥652
- **Watercourse:** unnamed creek
- **Number Drops:** 1?

__NOTOC__ Ilya Muromets (Илья Муромец), named after the East Slavic folk hero, is a very steep vertical waterfall on the Bear's Peninsula of Iturup, one of the largest Kuril Islands. Iturup has been the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan and also has a Japanese name, Rakkibetsu Waterfall (ラッキベツの滝). The water stream falls abruptly from the eastern slope of the Demon Volcano into the Pacific Ocean. Ilya Muromets is rarely seen by tourists, however, because it can be accessed only by boat.

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Muromets_Waterfall (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)